Patents by Inventor Thomas MERTENS

Thomas MERTENS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200058969
    Abstract: An electric stored energy source for a motor vehicle has a housing that defines an inner chamber in which electrochemical components of an energy storage cell are accommodated, and a line extending through the inner chamber and via which a coolant or a heating medium can be guided through the inner chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas MERTENS
  • Publication number: 20180065326
    Abstract: A process arrangement and a process for the production of a fiber-reinforced plastics component made of at least one continuous-fiber-reinforced semifinished textile fiber product with reactive thermoplastic matrix material, where during the manufacture of the semifinished fiber product trimming residues (mR, mA) arise, composed of a composite made of fibers and of the reactive thermoplastic matrix material, and during finishing of the finished plastics component final-trimming residues (mE) arise, composed of a composite of fibers and of polymerized thermoplastic matrix material, and are further processed in a recycling unit to give a recyclate. The trimming residues arising during the manufacture of the semifinished fiber product are polymerized in a preparatory unit and then are delivered in the invention to the recycling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicants: Volkswagen AG, BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas MERTENS, Max EHLEBEN, Christine KUNZE, Olaf TÄGER, Maurice BITTERLICH, Katja ZEUNER, Philippe DESBOIS, Andreas WOLLNY
  • Publication number: 20180050504
    Abstract: A process arrangement and a process for the production of a fiber-reinforced plastics component made of at least one continuous-fiber-reinforced semifinished textile fiber product with reactive thermoplastic matrix material, where during the manufacture of the semifinished fiber product trimming residues arise, composed of a composite made of fibers and of the reactive thermoplastic matrix material. The trimming residues obtained during the manufacture of the semifinished fiber product are supplied to a recycling unit for the provision of a recyclate as reactive, as yet unpolymerized starting material for the production of a further component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Thomas MERTENS, Max EHLEBEN, Christine KUNZE, Olaf TÄGER, Maurice BITTERLICH, Katja ZEUNER, Philippe DESBOIS, Andreas WOLLNY
  • Publication number: 20170326821
    Abstract: A process arrangement for producing a fiber-reinforced plastic component comprises a stacking station in which pre-impregnated textile semi-finished products can be stacked, and an assembly station in which the semi-finished products can be further processed to form the layered packet. The forming of the fiber-reinforced plastic component is subsequently carried out in the press. According to the invention, the stacking station is assigned at least one transport and/or storage container in which the semi-finished products can be stored air-tight, light-proof, and/or moisture-tight shielding and can be transported to the assembly station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maurice BITTERLICH, Max EHLEBEN, Katja ZEUNER, Thomas MERTENS